Readout circuits for capacitive sensors

Y Yoo, BD Choi - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) processes enables the
integration of capacitive sensors into silicon integrated circuits. These sensors have been …

A 0.0046-mm2 Two-Step Incremental Delta–Sigma Analog-to-Digital Converter Neuronal Recording Front End With 120-mVpp Offset Compensation

D Wendler, D De Dorigo, M Amayreh… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a recording front end for high-density CMOS neuronal probes with in
situ digitization and electrode offset voltage compensation. The analog front end (AFE) is …

A 0.025-mm2 0.8-V 78.5-dB SNDR VCO-Based Sensor Readout Circuit in a Hybrid PLL- M Structure

W Zhao, S Li, B Xu, X Yang, X Tang… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a capacitively coupled voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)-based
sensor readout featuring a hybrid phase-locked loop (PLL)-ΔΣ modulator structure. It …

A 174.7-dB FoM, 2nd-Order VCO-Based ExG-to-Digital Front-End Using a Multi-Phase Gated-Inverted-Ring Oscillator Quantizer

C Pochet, J Huang, P Mercier… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a second-order voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)-based front-end for
the direct digitization of biopotential signals. This work addresses the non-linearity of VCO …

A 4.4μW 2.5kHz-BW 92.1dB-SNDR 3rd-Order VCO-Based ADC With Pseudo Virtual Ground Feedforward Linearization

C Pochet, DA Hall - 2022 IEEE International Solid-State …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rise of the internet-of-things and distributed sensor nodes with machine-learning and
edge processing are driving the need for low-power, high-precision ADCs. These highly …

26.6 A 6.5µW 10kHz-BW 80.4dB-SNDR Continuous-Time ΔΣ Modulator with Gm-Input and 300mVpp Linear Input Range for Closed-Loop Neural Recording

C Lee, T Jeon, MH Jang, S Park… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Closed-loop neural recording requires a front-end with a wide DR to record small neural
signals without distortion in the presence of a DC electrode offset (~ 50mV) and a large …

A 2.2 μW PWM-Based Time-Domain Sensor Interface With 540mVpp Input Signal Range, 81.6 dB SNDR and 80MΩ Input Impedance

L Liu, T Qu, P Wang, Y Zhang, S Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief describes a power-efficient time-domain analog front-end (AFE) for autonomous
sensor nodes. This AFE combines an input pulse-width modulator (PWM) and a gated ring …

A Review on Direct Digital Conversion Techniques for Biomedical Signal Acquisition

Y Zhou, S Song, S Wang, Y Wan, T Yang, X Yu, M Zhao - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biomedical signals such as Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electroencephalogram (EEG) and
photoplethysmography (PPG) are recorded routinely to provide helpful information for early …

A Second-Order Feedforward VCO-Based ADC with Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulator for EEG Signal Recording Front Ends

W Liu, X Zhang, Y Hou, X Wang, Y Liu - IEICE Electronics Express, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This paper presents a VCO-based second-order feedforward CT-ADC architecture designed
for EEG recording front-ends. This structure permits the first-stage integrator to process only …

A 0.8V/0.6V 2.2μW Time-Domain Analog Front-End with Input Range, 81.6dB SNDR and Input Impedance

L Liu, T Qu, P Wang, Y Zhang… - 2022 IEEE Custom …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next generation autonomous sensor nodes are being developed towards ultra-low-
power with on-node signal processing capability. The former facilitates battery-less and …